Crowbar

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:''Crowbar is a [[Decepticon]] [[Dread (DOTM)|Dread]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DOTM_Crowbar_concept.jpg|thumb|350px|"That must have been like, at least fifty pounds of meat."]]

'''Crowbar''' is well known as a master of breaking and entering. It doesn't matter if we're talking computer systems, human safes, or enemy compounds he's got the tools and skills needed to get you in. His weapons of choice are "nanotech sentries".

He also gives this wiki a ''lot'' of openings to make references to ''The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra''.

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==Fiction==
===''Dark of the Moon'' adaptations===
When [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was being retrieved from [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], [[Hatchet]], Crowbar, and [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]] surfaced quietly and secretly hitched a ride on the Autobots' shuttle back to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Dark of the Moon}} {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
[[Image:Dotm Crowbar standoff.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"If I could only reach you, we'd share... pain."]]
After [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was retrieved from [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] and reactivated, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] put into motion the plan that had been waiting in the wings for hundreds of years. With the [[human]] [[Sam Witwicky]] believing that the Decepticons wished to capture Sentinel and force him to use the control pillar to activate his space bridge, Crowbar, [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]], and [[Hatchet]] were sent to pursue the Autobots. Crowbar closed in on [[Seymour Simmons|Seymour Simmons']] car, transformed, reached in and tossed the former [[Sector Seven]] agent behind him as he bounded ahead to knock over a highway sign for the other two to use as a ramp.

[[Image:DOTM-IronhidevsCrowbar.jpg|thumb|250px|"This neck restrainer is most uncomfortable."]]

However, despite their best collective efforts to slow down the Autobots, Hatchet was quickly destroyed, and the remaining Dreads were soon confronted by the Autobot heavy-hitter, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], who stopped them in their tracks with a head-on collision. Faced with Ironhide's heavy weapons and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], the Dreads seemingly capitulated by dropping their ranged weapons, but as soon as the Autobots followed suit, they deployed spiked spears to attack their enemies. Though Crowbar's spear found its mark, embedding itself in Ironhide's shoulder, Sideswipe tossed the veteran Autobot his discarded blaster, which he used to shoot Crowbar in the face as the Decepticon leaped to attack, killing Crowbar. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Crowbar’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels “[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]” and “[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]],” the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]],” and the storybooks “[[Bumblebee's Best Friend]],” "[[Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups!]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]."}}
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==Games==
===Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons===
[[Image:DOTMDS Crowbar.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Aliens? Us? Is that one of your Earth ''jokes''?"]]
:''Voice actor'': [[Steve Blum]]

While trying to break into a [[NEST]] facility, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] ordered Crowbar to create distractions around the city to keep the Autobots occupied. Crowbar told him he should mellow, and then went and fought a bunch of Autobots. Later on, when Crowbar was patrolling an Autobot base on a Pacific island, Starscream told him [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was lurking somewhere around. Crowbar destroyed a bunch of buildings in an attempt to draw Optimus out, but the Autobot leader was a no-show.

Later Crowbar came to help [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] when the latter was trying to escape a NEST base. Crowbar was to cause a distraction, which to his delight meant he got to beat up that "shiny little twerp" [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. Following their escape, he retreated to the Decepticons' base in [[Siberia]]. He didn't think the Autobots would find them there, but told one of his fellow soldiers not to bug Megatron if they did. When the Autobots inevitably did turn up, Crowbar destroyed a whole bunch of them, but apparently not enough, as they eventually gained access to the base. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}
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===''Cyberverse Battle Builder''===
Crowbar joined the rest of the Decepticons in combating the Autobots on battlefields on Earth, the Earth's Moon and on Cybertron. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Cyberverse Battle Builder}}

==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
[[Image:DOTM CyberverseLegion Crowbar.jpg|thumb|300px|"I'm sorry, my wife sometimes forgets that she is ''not'' a space alien."]]
* '''Crowbar''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2011)
**''Series / Number:'' '''1 / 009'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''CV27'''

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Cyberverse#Series 1|Series 1 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, Crowbar is a surprisingly tall [[Legends Class|Legends-scale]] figure that transforms into an unmarked version of a Carbon Motors E7 Police car. He has molded detail around his head that resembles dreadlocks, and his left hand is designed to interact with [[C joint|3mm]] Cyberverse weapons and playsets. He has an ''extremely'' [[Articulation|articulated]] lower body, capable of pivoting his feet, bending his knees inward and out, rotating and moving his thighs via his [[Swivel joint|swivel]]s and [[ball joint]]ed hips, and rotating his waist.

: Due to the pointed armor plating on his knees getting in the way, his arms/legs can be somewhat hard to transform. Also, due to the pegs on his legs being quite long, the connection that pegging the legs into the sides of his arms for vehicle mode is ''very'' tight, meaning that opening the vehicle rear/legs for robot mode can be quite difficult, and can occasionally result in the thighs popping off the swivels they're on. Sanding the pegs down to a more reasonable length can prevent this.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/LegCrowbar/crowbar.htm More information on Crowbar at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:DOTM-toy CrowbarUGS.jpg|thumb|300px|"I'm an ''alien'', Paul. Remember?"]]
*'''Ultimate Gift Set''' (Cyberverse multi-pack, 2011)

: Part of the 2011 [[Christmas]]time [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] "Ultimate [[Giftset|Gift Set]]" 5-pack, this version of Crowbar is a [[redeco]] of his individual toy... and he's excessively outnumbered. He comes with redecos of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Ultimategift|Optimus Prime]], [[Powerglide (DOTM)#Ultimategift|Powerglide]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Ultimategift|Bumblebee]], and [[Sideswipe (Movie)#Ultimategift|Sideswipe]].

:Yeah. One Decepticon, four Autobots, including ''Optimus freakin' Prime''.

: His [[packaging]] [[stock photography]] depicts him as mis-transformed, with the chest-piece flipped around to the back. Ironically, this greatly ''improves'' the range of motion in his arms. (Online stock photos, however, show him properly transformed.)

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/WMUGSCrowbar/crowbar.htm More information on Ultimate Gift Set Crowbar at TFU.info]''
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===Studio Series===
[[File:StudioSeries-03-MV3-Deluxe-Crowbar.jpg|thumb|300px|Now that was rude, the first boy blunder had some manners.]]
* '''Crowbar''' (Deluxe Class, [[2018]])
**''Number'': '''03'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''SS-03'''
**''Accessories'': 2 spiked weapons, High Speed Chase backdrop

:''[[Studio Series]]'' Crowbar is engineered similarly to ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' [[Berserker#The_Last_Knight|Berserker]], changing (finally) into a Chevrolet Suburban and back in 20 steps. He includes a pair of spiked weapons which he can hold via [[5mm post]]. He also includes a cardboard backdrop display depicting the Dread chase scene from ''Dark of the Moon''.

:Crowbar, along with the rest of Wave 1 Deluxes, was made available at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] following New York [[Toy Fair 2018]], two months ahead of the scheduled brick and mortar release date.
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==Notes==
* In early production, the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]] were announced to be a pair of modified Chevrolet Suburbans. Photos of only two prop vehicles were even taken on-set.<ref name="suburb">[http://screenrant.com/transformers-3-characters-dreads-rob-95462/ "Transformers 3 Characters: Meet The Dreads"]</ref> In the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|final movie]], all three Dreads use identical Chevrolet Suburbans as their [[alternate mode]]s, with individual robot modes between the three of them. For the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|toy line]], Hasbro decided to give them individual alternate modes as well, which is why only [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]] turns into a Suburban.
*The Transformers.com website's Vector Sigma database entry for Crowbar strangely illustrates his nanotech sentries using an image of [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]]'s Assault Saw weapon.
* An early working name for him was "Hooligan".<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
* He has never heard of Gordon Freeman. Stop asking him.
* Crowbar serves as the basis for [[Dreadbot]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Crowbar''' (クロウバー ''Kurōbā'')

==References==
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[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]

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